Brandon Streeter, Darrell Dickey adding experience to Georgia offensive staff as analysts

ATHENS, Ga. — If there’s anybody who understands what an analyst’s role is in the Georgia Football program, it’s Mike Bobo. Serving as one last season before being promoted to offensive coordinator, Bobo added a pair of offensive minds to his staff this offseason in Brandon Streeter and Darrell Dickey.

Both Streeter and Dickey served as Power Five offensive coordinators just last season. Dickey did so at Texas A&M where he had held the title since 2018 while Streeter was just across the South Carolina state line at Clemson. Working under Dabo Swinney as the quarterbacks coach since 2015, Streeter coached quarterbacks like Deshaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence. Streeter added passing game coordinator in 2020 and offensive coordinator in 2022 to his titles.

“I’m excited that we got Darrell Dickey and Brandon Streeter, two guys that are experienced coordinators. Coach Streeter, obviously, at Clemson. Coach Dickey has been everywhere so those are guys that, as a coach, you can bounce things off, ideas that you might have,” Bobo said when asked about the additions. “How have you done it this way? What have you done? Is it a little bit different? Is it the same? Then their roles will increase as the season once the season gets closer of having areas and presenting to the staff. Some weeks it might be a multitude of things. Some weeks it might be one play that helps us get a first down or a conversion on third down or score in the red zone.”

“Nobody has all the answers. I’ve never had all the answers. I think if Coach Monken was sitting up here, he would say he doesn’t have all the answers,” he continued. “If you are in that staff room, you’re looking for ideas. you’re looking for fresh ideas, maybe a spin on the way that you’ve done something in the past that will give you advantage. Something that the defense might not be able to recognize. So it’s all about ideas and putting ourselves in a position where we can be successful on offense.”

Bobo has been in their shoes before. Just last season he was under a fellow veteran offensive coordinator in Todd Monken as an analyst and said he was there to help in whatever way possible while also learning a thing or two himself.

“When I came back to the University of Georgia in an off-the-field role, as an analyst, as an analyst your number one job is to help the coaches. I wanted to help Coach Monken and that staff anyway that I could and also learn,” Bobo said. “You’re coming in and you’re trying to learn how Coach Smart set his practice schedule, how he ran the off season, all those things, but also how Coach Monken was running his offense.”

“So you’re learning and then I’ve sat in the chair before too. At first you don’t want a guy that’s got a bunch of ideas. You want a guy who when you give him a task, he’s going to get it done. Whatever my task was, I wanted to try to do it to the best of my ability and let him know that he could count on me,” Bobo continued. “Then as the season went on, that trust continued to build between Coach Monken and I. He felt more comfortable asking me some questions about what I thought. At the end of the day, I’ve sat in that chair and if he didn’t like my idea, I didn’t get my feelings hurt. I think that’s what you’ve got to do as a good staff member. You’re going to present ideas, we all present ideas, and at the end of the day, the coordinator has got to pick which ideas he wants to put on that call sheet. If he didn’t use my idea, so be it. If he does, great. At the end of the day, I’m going to help those coaches coach those ideas to the players. So just trying to be a sponge in there and help in any way that he asks, no matter whatever it was.”

The presence of analysts and assistants that have as much as experience as somebody like Bobo, Dickey and Streeter is a benefit for all parties involved. It was actually in a similar role that Georgia brought Will Muschamp in on the defensive side of the ball before he was thrust into an on-field position ahead of the 2021 season with the Bulldogs in need of quick assistance.

As Bobo explained, having all those minds to bounce ideas off of, and to delegate to, helps create a comprehensive and well thought out game plan for Saturdays. He saw the way it worked under Monken and plans to keep it that way under his watch too.

“I would say during the game week, I’ve usually sat as a whole staff and watched things and had ideas. It was broken off. Each guy had a responsibility presented to staff. He allowed ownership within the staff,” Bobo said. “I had an area, Coach (Todd) Hartley has an area, Coach (Bryan) McClendon has an area, Coach (Dell) McGee has an area and those guys took ownership of that. Again, he doesn’t use every idea that somebody presents but he gave the staff in that room ownership of the game plan. I thought that was unique.”